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| Other | Multi-disciplinary | Posted on 30.06.2011 | Posted by CL
Putting the pieces together, 24:7 commission
Deliverable: A collage or abstract, ideally at least 3m by 3m size, and a high resolution photograph of the collage / abstract (print quality, suitable for re-print on A2 size paper). The piece of artwork needs to be transported to different events around the country so it needs to be robust, as we obviously don’t want any damage during the transportation process. We are looking for a small group of students (ideally all studying different disciplines e.g. fine art, graphics, photography, abstract, materials, installation) to work together to create a unique celebratory piece of artwork for Samaritans.
Pay: Budget £800 (based on four artists working together on the piece, so £200 each, including cost of materials).
Deadline: Friday 8 July 2011
The idea:
24:7: is Samaritans national awareness day. Every year on 24 July, we celebrate and raise awareness of the fact that we are the only service of our kind available for people in distress 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
This year, many of our branches, plus our corporate sponsor Admiral, have put together an image, collage, painting, abstract, photo or visual representation of what 24:7 and Samaritans service means to them. These range from a photograph of volunteers, to a written letter from someone thanking the branch for their support, and collages combining all the different things your branch does in the local community. Every piece of artwork is equally important and contributes to making Samaritans work, 24:7.
Volunteers from our branches have sent us a print quality digital photograph of their contribution, along with two lines about what their piece represents. Please use these images as your inspiration, please note - the quality of pieces vary. We would like you to take all the ideas submitted, combining them to create a national image of ‘Putting the pieces together, 24:7’.
Every Samaritans branch will be given an A2 print of the final 24:7 image which they will unveil to local press, alongside their own contribution to the final piece. Our branches can then keep these on display, raising awareness of Samaritans’ work in the local community.
We would like to host a national unveiling event, revealing the final piece you will be creating.
Staff from Samaritans can come to the University to talk this through in more detail and we can organise a brain storming session to gather ideas.
Here is some extra information about Samaritans that might help you:
Why Samaritans was established:
There was a young girl who was just 13 years old when she took her own life. Distressed and unaware that menstruation came to all teenage girls, she had no-one to talk to when she found blood spots in her underwear. She believed she was seriously ill and killed herself. As a young curate officiating at his first-ever funeral, the Reverend Prebendary Dr Chad Varah stood at the girl’s Lincolnshire graveside and vowed that he would do all he could to help other similarly desperate and despairing people.
By the time he moved to a parish in the City of London, he had decided that his mission was “to befriend the suicidal and despairing” who came to the vestry below his church at St Stephen Walbrook. In November 1953, Dr Varah made it widely known that anyone contemplating suicide could seek his ear by calling him at Mansion House 9000. From this one man with just a telephone, Samaritans began – growing into a charity that today has 18,500 volunteers and 201 branches around the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
When Dr Varah died aged 95 in 1997, the Prince of Wales described him as “an outstanding humanitarian and a great Briton”. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, also paid tribute: “He made a unique contribution to the life of our whole society, changing attitudes to suicide and bringing a distinctively pastoral and wholly non-judgmental approach to people in need.”
Samaritans today:
Today, more than 50 years after it was founded, 18,500 Samaritans volunteers across the United Kingdom and Ireland are answering calls from people who feel they have no one else to talk to. Ordinary, but extraordinary, citizens who offer support to people through tough times and help them find a way through their distress. Every day our volunteers talk to people whose lives they may change forever.
From the centre of London to the Outer Hebrides, Samaritans volunteers answer 5 million calls a year, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. Our volunteers come from all walks of life – teachers, bus drivers, students, scientists, actors. And they don’t just answer calls: they email, they text and they write letters – our helpline takes many forms. They reach out into their local communities too – from visiting homeless centres to attending music festivals.
Pay: Budget £800 (based on four artists working together on the piece, so £200 each, including cost of materials).
Deadline: Friday 8 July 2011
The idea:
24:7: is Samaritans national awareness day. Every year on 24 July, we celebrate and raise awareness of the fact that we are the only service of our kind available for people in distress 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
This year, many of our branches, plus our corporate sponsor Admiral, have put together an image, collage, painting, abstract, photo or visual representation of what 24:7 and Samaritans service means to them. These range from a photograph of volunteers, to a written letter from someone thanking the branch for their support, and collages combining all the different things your branch does in the local community. Every piece of artwork is equally important and contributes to making Samaritans work, 24:7.
Volunteers from our branches have sent us a print quality digital photograph of their contribution, along with two lines about what their piece represents. Please use these images as your inspiration, please note - the quality of pieces vary. We would like you to take all the ideas submitted, combining them to create a national image of ‘Putting the pieces together, 24:7’.
Every Samaritans branch will be given an A2 print of the final 24:7 image which they will unveil to local press, alongside their own contribution to the final piece. Our branches can then keep these on display, raising awareness of Samaritans’ work in the local community.
We would like to host a national unveiling event, revealing the final piece you will be creating.
Staff from Samaritans can come to the University to talk this through in more detail and we can organise a brain storming session to gather ideas.
Here is some extra information about Samaritans that might help you:
Why Samaritans was established:
There was a young girl who was just 13 years old when she took her own life. Distressed and unaware that menstruation came to all teenage girls, she had no-one to talk to when she found blood spots in her underwear. She believed she was seriously ill and killed herself. As a young curate officiating at his first-ever funeral, the Reverend Prebendary Dr Chad Varah stood at the girl’s Lincolnshire graveside and vowed that he would do all he could to help other similarly desperate and despairing people.
By the time he moved to a parish in the City of London, he had decided that his mission was “to befriend the suicidal and despairing” who came to the vestry below his church at St Stephen Walbrook. In November 1953, Dr Varah made it widely known that anyone contemplating suicide could seek his ear by calling him at Mansion House 9000. From this one man with just a telephone, Samaritans began – growing into a charity that today has 18,500 volunteers and 201 branches around the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
When Dr Varah died aged 95 in 1997, the Prince of Wales described him as “an outstanding humanitarian and a great Briton”. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, also paid tribute: “He made a unique contribution to the life of our whole society, changing attitudes to suicide and bringing a distinctively pastoral and wholly non-judgmental approach to people in need.”
Samaritans today:
Today, more than 50 years after it was founded, 18,500 Samaritans volunteers across the United Kingdom and Ireland are answering calls from people who feel they have no one else to talk to. Ordinary, but extraordinary, citizens who offer support to people through tough times and help them find a way through their distress. Every day our volunteers talk to people whose lives they may change forever.
From the centre of London to the Outer Hebrides, Samaritans volunteers answer 5 million calls a year, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. Our volunteers come from all walks of life – teachers, bus drivers, students, scientists, actors. And they don’t just answer calls: they email, they text and they write letters – our helpline takes many forms. They reach out into their local communities too – from visiting homeless centres to attending music festivals.
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